Dealing with Discipline Issues
What's Bothering You?
Classroom meetings give students the time and place to talk about what is bothering them. This often prevents future discipline problems.
The Positive Discipline Model
The previous video demonstrated an impromptu and somewhat informal classroom meeting. There are other meeting models that are much more structured and may be part of a broader classroom management approach. One of these is the Positive Discipline Model developed by Jane Nelson. In the video below, the basic framework for this classroom meeting model is presented.
Quick Thinking: Framing the Problem?Marvin is constantly cutting up and making jokes and snide comments in class. The rest of the students think he’s hilarious. And he is very funny. But, he makes it very difficult to get work done. In addition, sometimes his jokes are quite inappropriate in terms of language and reference to body parts and functions. This embarrasses some of the students even if they won’t say so.
In coming up with a plan to solve this problem during a class meeting, which of the statements below do you think would be best for presenting and framing the situation so that all participants would feel safe, significant and belonging?
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Clowning around is just a way to get attention for oneself.
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Can anyone think of a situation when it is better to have less noise and talking?
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